Checkers or draughts



(No Model.)

I. SANDERSON.

OHBGKERS 0R DRAUGHTS.

No. 259,217. I Patented June 6,1882.

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FREDERICK SANDERSON, OF FRIENDVILLE, NEBRASKA.

CHECKERS OR DRAUGHTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,217, dated June 6, 1882.

Application filed March 6, 1882.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that 1, FREDERICK SANDER- soN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Friendville,in the county of Saline and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Checkers or Draughts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in checkers; and it consists in providing each checker-man with a knob upon its upper surlace and a corresponding socket in its under surface, the knob of one checker-man being adapted to fit closely in the socket of another, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new checker-men, showing crowned as king and the manner of taking hold. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of my new checker-man. Fig. 3 is a bottom view, showing the socket; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents one of my new checker-men, all of the men being made alike. It is made of wood or any suitable material of which checker-men are made, or as desired. It is composed of circular body B, having on its top surface the circular groove (3 and in the top center the projection or knob D, the projection or knob D being rounded at its point or top, as shown in Fig. 2.

E is a socketin the center of the bottom of B, having its outer edge or rim beveled, as shown in Fig. 3, so that knob D will enter freely.

E is made of shape so that D will fit snugly therein, and that when one man is placed upon the other, making a king, the outer edges, B, of both men will be on the same line, and 1) (No model.)

fitting snugly in E will prevcntthe top checker, A, from being jarred off.

0 is a circular groove in the top surface of B for the reception of the extremityof the fingers and thumb, as shown in Fig. 1.

it-h the checkers as heretofore constructed it is necessary for the player, when he makes a move, to take hold 011 the outside of the checker or checkers, thereby taking up much room and being liable to touch some of the adjacent checkers. By my device all this is avoided, as is evident from the drawings. hen the player wishes to move achecker he simply takes hold of the knob D by his thumb and finger and moves, the extremity of his finger and thumb resting in the groove 0. To make a king the player simply lifts the checker A by the knob D and places it on the other checker. The knob D of the lower checker will enter the socket O of the upper, and the two checkers will be sung together, the knob D freely entering by reason of the beveled edges of G. lVith this arrangement there will be no danger of the top checker falling off in moving the kings or from jarring.

Havingdescribed myinvention, whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

A checker having an annular groove or recess, G, and a central knob, D, on its upper surface, and a socket, E, on its lower surface, the knob of one checker being adapted to fit closely in the socket of another, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK SANDERSON.

'Witnesses:

ALIHEUS A. TowNsENn, FRANK J onNsoN. 

